New Wiggles sing, dance their way to the Ryman

The Wiggles will sing and dance at Ryman Auditorium on Thursday.

After 21 years of entertaining children with songs including "Hot Potato" and "Fruit Salad," three of the four Wiggles retired last year to take a rest and make way for some new wiggly cast members.

Tonight, families can catch the new lineup, including the first female Wiggle, Emma Watkins, at Ryman Auditorium.

"It's really exciting," Watkins says. "It's really nice because the three new Wiggles all sing, so it's a bit of a different sound."

Watkins auditioned for The Wiggles to be a dancer several years ago and says "all of a sudden, out of the blue" she got the offer to be a Wiggle.

"I never imagined (being a Wiggle) would ever be an opportunity for me, and now that it's happened, it is the best thing that's ever happened to me," Watkins says. "I could never imagine myself doing anything else."

In addition to the new cast, there's also a whole new set of songs. Watkins says they still perform the old favorites but use the new music to introduce the personalities of the new Wiggles. But Watkins says there's plenty of familiarity in the show, too, with Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, and Wags the Dog.

Tickets to see The Wiggles: Taking Off! are $15-$77.50 through Ticketmaster. Show time is 6:30 p.m.

- Cindy Watts, The Tennessean

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New Wiggles sing, dance their way to the Ryman

After 21 years of entertaining children with songs including 'Hot Potato' and 'Fruit Salad,' three of the four Wiggles retired last year to take a rest and make way for some new wiggly cast members.